per accidens
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin conversio per accidens, English from 1425.
Adverb[edit]
per accidens (not comparable)
- By chance; by reason of an accidental, incidental or non-essential circumstance; contingently; indirectly.
Antonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “per accidens”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.